Crown-seal opener.



J. D. COUGHLIN.

CROWN SEAL OPENER.

APPLIGATION HLBD DBO. 1s', 1908.

Patented Aug. 10, 190.9.

` entrai) sraras earner carica JOSEPH D. OOUGHLIN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO T. FRANK NIGHTINGALE AND ONF-THIRD TO FRAN .li T. GRANT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CROWN-SE AL OPENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH D. CoUGHLiN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, county ot Siitlolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in `L`Crown-Seal Openers,.of which the following description, in connection ,with the accompanying drawing, `is a specification, like numerals on the drawing representing like parts.

This `invention relates to a crown seal openei' and has fair its principal object to provide a novel' device of this class which can be inexpensively manufactured from Nsheet metal without any material waste of ,iiietal.

novel features thereof in the appended claims.

my invention showing it folded in condi Figure l is a View of a device embodying tion to be carried in the pocket; Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the device opened out ready for use; Fig. 8 is a section on line which it may be used in removing a crown seal; Fig. 5 showsliow it may be placed over the neck of a bottle; Fig. 6 is a modi fied forni ot' the invention.

The device comprises two similar annular members 3 and 4, one of which constitutes a handle vand the other 4o'which is provided with a crown-seal-engaging lip 5. The mem ber 3 as herein shown constitutes the handle, and the member 4 is that having the lip `5 thereon. These two members are preterably made of sheet metal and the exterior diameter of the inember4 is substantially the saine or less than the interior diameter of the member 3. In fact in manufacturing the devicefrom sheet metal. I propose to die out the member' 3 and in so doing to cut the member 4 from the part 'removed from the interior of the member 3. In this bot-h members ot the devicecaii be made from a sheet which is only-large enough Jfor theI member 3 to be made therefrom.

The two members 3 and 4 are connected together in some suitable way `so that when Specification of Letters Patent.

.parallel to each other.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

I Application filed December 16, 1908. Serial No. 467,835.

in use they simulate a` igure eight. These two members may be rigidly connected together or may be hinged to each other. I prefer the latter construction because it permits the device to be folded in a compact space, as shown in Fig. 1. Where the two members are hinged together I propose to make the member 3 with the extension 6 and to make the member 4 with a similar exten'- l sion 7 and thenvto pivot the two members together by means of a pivot 8 which ex- 65 tends through the two extensions. The portion of each member including and adjacent the extension is situated at an angle to the main body of the member, as shown best in Fig. 3, and vas a result when the two I nembers are opened out they stand at a considerable angle to each other, while when-they are folded together, as shown in Fig. l, and dotted lines Fig. 3, they stand substantially 75 The'interior diameter of the handle mem` ber 3 is large'enough so that said member may be set over the lneck of a bottle, as shown in Fig. 5, and the advantage of plac f ing the two members at an angle to each other is that when the device is' thus hung on the neck of a bottle, the lip member 4 will hang down nearly parallel with the bottle and the device does not, therefore, extend out from the bottle sufficiently to'be in the- 85 l way.

It is not essential to my invention that the two 4parte should be hinged togethei'ffor they may be made integral with each other as shown iii Fig. In this embodiment of my invention the member 4 is struckup from the member 3 when the latter is formed and is bent around into position opposite to the member 3. In so doing the stem or extension 7 of the nieniber 4fis bent. back o'n itself and 95 overlies the stem oi' extension 6 on the membei' il, thus making extra stillness at the neck l between theI two members, whichis the point that requires extra stiffness. A device of this sort not :apable of being folded but it] O0 has the ailvantapfe that it can be made complete 'troni a piece oi sheet metal no larger than is necessary for the making ot' the inemher El, and has the Vfurther advantage which is secured by arranging the two members 3 and 105 4 at an angle to each other.

lt is within my invention to make the` member 4 with a crown seal engaging lip on either side thereof or on both sides, as herein shown. Where there are two crown seal engaging lips, as herein' illust `ated, the crown seal may be removed by usine` either ot' the lips and by either lifting on the handle member l or depressing` said handle member according` tio the desire of the person using the device.

lWhere the two members are pivoted together, as shown in Figs. l to 5, it; is desir- `able to provide some means in the nature ot" a vlock for holding the members in their openedout condition, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so as to avoid any danger of the device folding up when it'1 is being used. While it is within my invent-ion 'to provide any kind ot' a lock or catch for this purpose, I have herein shown the extension t5 as provided with a .recess l() adapted to receive a projection ll formed on the extension 3, said recess and projection being so positioned that when the device is opened out, the projection enters the recess and thus constitutes a lock for holding them in this position. l may it" desired also provide the extension (3 with another recess l2 adapted to receive the proclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent issv l'. A crown seal opener comprising; two connected -annular members, one o't2 which constitutes a handle and the other of which has av crown seal engaging lip, and the latter of-whicli has the same shapeas the interior or' the former and an exterior diameter at:

least as small as the interior diameter of the lormer.

.19. -X crown seal opener comprising two annular members, each having` an extension on one side which overlies and is secured to an extension on the other member,.one ot' said members constituing a handle and the othel' having` a crown seal engaginglip.

Il. A. crown seal opener eomprisiiml two annular members. each having an extension on one side which overlies and is secured to an extension on the other member. one ot said membersl constitutinp` a handle and the other having;l a crown seal ingg'apgiiug; lip. the exten sion oi: each member beim;` situated at an angle to the body thereof.

et. A crown seal opener comprising` two annular memlwrs, each haring" an extension on one side which over-lies and is pivoted to an extension on the other member. one o't' .said members constituting` a handle and the other having' a crown seal e1rggagiire,- lip.

A crown seal opener comprisin; I two connected annular members, one ol which constitutes a handle and the other ot whit h has a crown-seal-engaging lip,- the wallsI ot each member being inclined slightli to the general plane of the body ot said member.

(i. crown seal opener comprising two annular members, cach having an extension ou one side which overlies and is pivoted to an extension on the other member to permit said members to be swung; into a position parallel witlieach other, one of said members constituting a handle and the other having' a crown seal engaging' lip, and frietional means to hold the members either in their ex tended or in their folded position.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence oi two subscribinzer witnesses. f v

JOSEPH D. COUGllld N.

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